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Sept 2004
We need a basic closet organizer system with some shelving
and double hanging in our kids' bedroom closet. It should
be pretty simple, and I know what we need (I'm not really
interested in a ''free in-home design consultation'') but the
type of DIY components available at Home Depot and its ilk
can't be arranged the way we need them, and I'm thinking
that for once (since I've got a 3-month-old and a 3-year-
old to manage) it might be nice to have someone else wield
the drill.
So, does anyone have any experience with California
Closets, Closets By Design, the Closet Factory, and/or any
similar companies to share? Did you compare prices? Are
you happy with the quality of the product? How was the
service?
Alternatively, have you ordered components from
EasyClosets.com or a similar business and installed it
yourself? Any comments pro or con on going that route? (I
have plenty of carpentry skill, just a lack of time and
patience right now.)
Thanks!
Holly
I highly recommend California Closets after my positive
experience six months ago. The closets are very well made
and attractive, but I felt Kim Howerton (510-828-2147)was
the real plus. She really made the closet decisions easy
on us. She looked at the existing closets-mine a
depressing disaster & my husband's tidy as a pin- and
estimated space allocations for the # of shoes, shirts,
etc. she saw. She drew up a proposal, we fine-tuned it
with her and were delighted with the result.
I must say I am not that easy to please and looked around a
lot, even considering a very high end Italian company.
They were so paranoid that they wouldn't let us keep a copy
of their proposal, which by the way didn't compare to Kim's
and cost 3 times more than hers.
Proud of my new closets
About 2 years ago I reorganized my walk-in closet using
Elfa components from The Container Store. It took
longer to design the closet than it did to put it up! It was
all very easy. You can get an idea of what they have at
their website, and once you go to the store they have
employees that make sure you have all the
components that you need to realize your plan. As far
as actually building, all you have to do is drill the
''header'' across the top of the closet and everything
else just hangs from that. It was super simple and I
ended up with more storage room than I even needed.
Good luck.
Ruth
May 1999
We used California Closets to build storage units in our garage which
have made much better use of the space. They are best known for building
closets/wardrobes, however. The materials are of good quality, and
because they come and do the measurements and discuss your storage needs
with you, you'll end up with a customized result that makes best use of
the space. It cost around $1200 to have four huge 10'tall, 4' wide
storage units built, with shelves and secured/earthquake proofed. I
imagine a wardrobe would be much, much less. The design and estimate was
free, and I have often seen coupons for discounts on installation in the
paper or magazines. They are located in Concord, but will come to your
home. (800) 274-6754.
Natasha
We used a place called Closet Innovation to organize the insides of our
exsisting closets. I LOVED them. When the designer, Malka, showed us
their portfolio, they have done beautiful jobs making free-standing or
attached closet spaces where no closet exsisted before. I think they would
be very suitable for your purpose. We used them within the last 6 months.
We had two other closet companies bid on our job, but both of them where
fairly inflexable: they have standard sizes and modular systems that would
not work in our old funky closets. Closet Innovations was very competetive
price-wise. We paid about $1500 to have two large closets totally gutted,
spacked, painted, and many shelves and rods installed, and a third closet
they added shelving to. They did this in one day- no hassels. Malka was
also very good helping us get the maxium use of our space. They are
totally custom, and can fit any unusual Berkeley space. They are in the
yellow pages. From a no longer storage-impaired Mom!
-Lisa
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